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KEMET Corp. (KEME.OB)On Dec 24: 1.20  Up 0.05 (4.35%)  
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KEMET Corp.
2835 Kemet Way
Simpsonville, SC 29681
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Phone: 864-963-6300
Fax: 864-963-6322
Web Site: http://www.kemet.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Technology
Industry:Diversified Electronics
Full Time Employees:9,100

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
KEMET Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures tantalum, multilayer ceramic, film, electrolytic, paper, and solid aluminum capacitors. It supplies its products to electronics original equipment manufacturers, electronics manufacturing services providers, and electronics distributors. The company’s products are used in audio systems, tire pressure monitoring systems, power train electronics, instrumentation, airbag systems, anti-lock braking systems, electronic engine controls, air conditioning controls, and security systems in automotive industry; and copiers, point-of-sale terminals, and fax machines in business equipment industry. Its products are also used in cellular phones, telephones, switching equipment, relays, base stations, and wireless infrastructure in communications industry; and personal computers, workstations, mainframes, computer peripheral equipment, power supplies, disk drives, printers, and local area networks in computer-related industry. In addition, the company offers its products for use in electronic controls, measurement equipment, instrumentation, solar and wind energy generation, and medical electronics to industrial market; DVD players, MP3 players, game consoles, LCD televisions, global positioning systems, and digital still cameras to consumer industry; avionics, radar, guidance systems, and satellite communications to military/aerospace industry; and wind generation systems, solar generation systems, geothermal generation systems, tidal generation systems, and electric drive vehicles to alternative energy industry. KEMET Corporation was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    KEMET Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 99.3% of CGQ Universe companies and 93.8% of Technology Hardware & Equipment companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Hon. Per-Olof Loof , 58
    Chief Exec. Officer
    $ 570.00K $ 0
    Mr. William M. Lowe Jr., 55
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 456.00K $ 0
    Mr. Marc Kotelon , 45
    Sr. VP of Global Sales
    $ 299.00K $ 0
    Mr. Conrado Hinojosa , 44
    Sr. VP of Tantalum Bus. Group
    $ 243.00K $ 0
    Mr. Kirk D. Shockley , 50
    VP of Film & Electrolytic Bus. Group
    $ 226.00K $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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